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However, nothing in such provisions shall be construed as applying to or affecting the right of any society to determine its eligibility requirements for membership, or be construed as applying to or affecting the offering of benefits exclusively to members or persons eligible for membership in the society by a subsidiary corporation or affiliated organization of the society.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":217700,"text":"Every society authorized to do business in this Commonwealth shall be subject to the provisions of Chapter 5 (\u00a7 38.2-500 et seq.) of this title. 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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 654 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1968 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 1986, chapter 562.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":66905,"section_number":"38.2-500","catch_line":"Declaration of purpose","order_by":null,"url":"\/38.2-500\/"}],"permalink":{"id":216637,"object_type":"law","relational_id":59395,"identifier":"38.2-4133","token":"38.2\/41\/6\/38.2-4133","url":"\/38.2-4133\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/38.2-4133\/","token":"38.2\/41\/6\/38.2-4133","dublin_core":{"Title":"Unfair methods of competition and unfair and deceptive acts and practices","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 38.2-4133","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>Every <span class=\"dictionary\">society<\/span> authorized to do business in this Commonwealth shall be subject to the provisions of Chapter 5 (\u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Declaration of purpose\" href=\"\/38.2-500\/\">38.2-500<\/a> et seq.) of this title. However, nothing in such provisions shall be construed as applying to or affecting the right of any <span class=\"dictionary\">society<\/span> to determine its eligibility requirements for membership, or be construed as applying to or affecting the offering of benefits exclusively to members or <span class=\"dictionary\">persons<\/span> eligible for membership in the <span class=\"dictionary\">society<\/span> by a subsidiary corporation or affiliated organization of the <span class=\"dictionary\">society<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nUNFAIR METHODS OF COMPETITION AND UNFAIR AND DECEPTIVE ACTS AND PRACTICES (\u00a7\n38.2-4133)\n\nEvery society authorized to do business in this Commonwealth shall be subject to\nthe provisions of Chapter 5 (\u00a7 38.2-500 et seq.) of this title. However,\nnothing in such provisions shall be construed as applying to or affecting the\nright of any society to determine its eligibility requirements for membership,\nor be construed as applying to or affecting the offering of benefits exclusively\nto members or persons eligible for membership in the society by a subsidiary\ncorporation or affiliated organization of the society.\n\nHISTORY: 1968, c. 654, \u00a7 38.1-638.60; 1986, c. 562.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}